Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Le Memorie Dolorose, by TENET Vocal Artists, ACRONYM

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Le Memorie Dolorose

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1.	Instrumental: Sonata a5 in A Minor (Le Memorie Dolorose) 02:33	buy track
2.	Trio: Così è morto il mio Signore? 03:57	buy track
3.	Recit: Forse i queruli accenti 02:08	buy track
4.	Trio & Aria: È morto Giesù 02:10	buy track
5.	Trio: Madre purissima 01:52	buy track
6.	Recit: E quali mi destate 03:00	buy track
7.	Aria: Miei Lumi Dolenti 02:24	buy track
8.	Recit: Ò quali, Pietro 01:52	buy track
9.	Aria: Con il Bacio, ch’è pur pegno 01:50	buy track
10.	Recit: Voi pur, Angeli 02:10	buy track
11.	Aria: La Morte di Giesù 01:19	buy track
12.	Recit: Col cruento Holocausto 00:38	buy track
13.	Instrumental: Sonata a4 in A Minor (GB-Ob ms.mus.Sch. C.44) 03:53	buy track
14.	Quartetto & Aria: La Vera luce 04:07	buy track
15.	Recit: Accompagnate pur le mie dolenti 01:18	buy track
16.	Aria: Come, come s’arrestò 02:46	buy track
17.	Recit: Lassa! Vi rammentate 01:10	buy track
18.	Aria: Mio Giesù, mio Redentore 02:34	buy track
19.	Recit: Da lo spogliarsi il Popolo le Vesti 01:05	buy track
20.	Aria: La Porpora, Ornamento 02:19	buy track
21.	Recit: Udite, udite un altra 01:44	buy track
22.	Aria: Morte à Christo! 04:29	buy track
23.	Instrumental: Sonata a5 in G Minor (CZ-Kra IV:63) 02:54	buy track
24.	Duetto: Quel, che nato, e non creato 02:00	buy track
25.	Recit: Dal Sepolcro di Christo 01:55	buy track
26.	Aria: Per Te, per Te morì 02:03	buy track
27.	Recit: A Donna di Samaria 01:19	buy track
28.	Aria: Quella sete, Christo mio 02:54	buy track
29.	Recit: Ah stella, che apparisti 01:03	buy track
30.	Trio: Christo more! 01:45	buy track
31.	Recit: Sì, sì, affisso ad un Tronco 01:27	buy track
32.	Tutti: Sepolto Christo! 01:42	buy track
33.	a8: Sospirate 01:22	buy track
34.	Tutti: Se per mè l’Onnipotente 02:17	buy track

about

The grieving Virgin—played by TENET artistic director Jolle Greenleaf— encounters two angels, three Apostles (Saints John, James, and Peter), three Marys (Magdalene, Cleopas, and Salome), Nicodemus, and Joseph of Arimathea. Each character tells her a story about Jesus, “dolorous memories” which only add to her torment.

This disc includes the first recording of works by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, both his oratorio staged during Holy Week, Le Memorie dolorose (first performed in Vienna on Good Friday 1678), as well as two instrumental pieces. After decades as a highly valued violinist and composer of instrumental music to both Emperors Ferdinand III (r. 1637-57) and Leopold I (r. 1658-1705) at the Habsburg court of Vienna, Schmelzer became the head chapelmaster to Leopold for a few years (1677-80) before succumbing to the plague while the court was in Prague.

Since our oratorio was one of about seventy performed in front of a constructed reproduction of Christ’s Tomb in the royal chapels, and because it (like most but not all examples of the genre) is in Italian, it belongs to the subgenre called sepolcri, from the Italian word for “tomb.” Two instrumental works inserted into this recording as interludes come from collections in Oxford and Kromĕřiž (Czech Republic), the latter being the other major source (besides Vienna) for the composer’s music.

credits

released April 19, 2019

Engineering, producing, and mastering: Ryan Streber, Oktaven Audio
Mixing: Jolle Greenleaf and Ryan Streber
Editing: Brock Babcock and Kivie Cahn-Lipman
Modern edition, sonatas: Charles Brewer
Modern edition, Le Memorie Dolorose: Kivie Cahn-Lipman
Translation: Martin Morell
Program notes: Robert Kendrick
Italian diction coach: Charles Weaver
Ensemble photo: Joanne Bouknight
Design: Marc Wolf (marcjwolf.com)

This recording is dedicated to the 172 generous donors who helped crowdfund it. Thank you so much for your support!

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New Focus Recordings is an artist led collective label featuring releases in contemporary music of many stripes, as well as new approaches to older repertoire. The label was founded by guitarist Daniel Lippel (who is the current director), composer engineer Ryan Streber, and composer Peter Gilbert in 2003-4, and features releases from many of new music's most active performers and composers. ... more

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